Welcome to Episode 40 of the Musical Circle, hosted and directed by Ben Charles. Ben makes this episode a director's choice meaning that all the songs in the episode are selected by Ben himself for all of you. Ben also announces that episode 42 of the Musical Circle will be a showcase episode. That episode will be an all-indie and alternative episode meaning that The Alternatives: Part 2 will happen on October 10th. There are no sections in this episode, but on episode 41, there will be sections. Here are all the songs in this episode in order:
1. Wish You Well - Sigala and Becky Hill (2019)
2. Dancing In The Flames - The Weeknd (2024)
3. Save My Life - Benny Mussa (2023)
4. Latch - Disclosure featuring Sam Smith (2012)
5. Superheroes - The Script (from the 2014 album No Sound Without Silence)
6. Dive - Olivia Dean (from the 2023 album Messy)
7. Give Up the Fear - Nia Smith (2024)
8. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (from the 1982 album Thriller)
9. Another Lover - Little Dragon (A COLORS SHOW) (2020)
10. Kaleidoscope - Chappell Roan (from her 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess)
11. End of Beginning - Djo (from the 2022 album DECIDE)
12. Slow it Down - Benson Boone (from the 2024 album Fireworks and Rollerblades)
13. Cherry Delight - 1000 Beasts (2023)
14. Amanita - Cinnamon Gum (2024)
15. God Gave Me Feet for Dancing - Ezra Collective featuring Yazmin Lacey (will also be heard on Ezra Collective's new album Friday, September 27th called Dance, No One's Watching) (2024)
16. Stomp and Buck Dance - The Crusaders (from the 1974 album Southern Comfort)
17. I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons (from the 2014 album Smoke and Mirrors)
18. Feel it Still - Portugal. The Man (from the 2017 album Woodstock)
19. Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears (from the 1985 album Songs from the Big Chair)
20. All Comes Back - Nelly Furtado featuring Charlotte Day Wilson (from the 2024 album 7)
21. Maria También - Khraungbin (from the 2018 album Con Todo El Mundo which is Spanish for With Everyone)
22. Back on 74 - Jungle (from the 2023 album Volcano)
23. She Won't Stay Long - Mac Ayres (previously released in 2017 but released officially in 2024)
24. Self - Cleo Sol (from the 2023 album Heaven)
25 and Closing Song: Kiss of Life - Sade (from the 1992 album Love Deluxe)
The Musical Circle returns with episode 41 of the Musical Circle on October 3rd, 2024, with the title, "The Changing Times"
Credits:
Special thanks to the following: Rhys Jones, the main person of Rainbow Radio Wales, to Alex, Michael, John, Tristen, Elizabeth, Melissa, my many friends, and the many people who listen to and follow the Musical Circle.
Hosted by: Ben Charles
Produced by: Melissa
Editor: Melissa
Interim Advisor to the Director: Elizabeth Hughes
Directed by: Ben Charles